Ecclesiastes 4:2 “So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are…”

Ecclesiastes 4:2

So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

World English Bible

Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

American Standard Version

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

Darby Translation

Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

Young's Literal Translation

And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

Bible in Basic English

So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

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In context

1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

3But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

Read Ecclesiastes 4